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  • From: Leigh Hauter <lh AT pressroom.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Re: crime in rural america
  • Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:27:04 -0400

I'm sorry for implying that the Middleburg hunt crowd was southern. Middleburg has very little to do with the American south. (its really an attempt to recreate feudal England in America) In fact, the monied class that you find out in the horse estates are more likely to have their roots in New York, or California than from anywhere in the south.

(and speaking of Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' we had a rash of those a few years back when the new computer money people moved in and wanted to join the hunt and were rejected - money can't get you everything - so what the new money did was start their own hunt. From there the two sides apparently went around burning each other's barns until an apparent truce was arrived at. Instead of a southern story this sounds more like a Howell novel about Boston and the conflict between old money and new).

And as far as wishing for the magical investigative journalist to appear, I recommend a great Capra movie from the early 40's , Meet John Doe, to disabuse anyone of the idea that reporters get to report news that owners don't want covered. (actually, in our case a reporter for the local newspaper wrote a great first article and she told us 'these sort of things get covered up around here, but this time, I won't let it' Her next article was spiked by the paper's owner and no further stories appeared) Or, if you want something at the theatre today dealing with the same theme try John Sayles' Silver City.

But this has gotten OT. for an on topic question -- How about an organic solution for the harlequin bugs that are chomping down on our mustard crop? We haven't had this bad an infestation in a number of years.


At 13:06 -0700 9/20/04, Margaret L Wilson wrote:
It must be from growing up in the West when the range wars were still a subject of much discussion. I just cannot imagine that actually happening in this day and age. Without going into detail, that would have caused some very violent repercussions, IMHO,anywhere I have lived.

I have lived in two countries that were dictatorships. I understand the abuse of power and money there, but I am appalled that this was not a major news story in the US. The pen is mightier than the sword. Surely there are a few investigative journalist left!
Margaret



Let me put it this way, Bill. In America, we have laws that protect
us from riff-raff but, as far as I can see, we do not have laws to
protect us from the rich...even when they act like riff-raff. Things
like that are in an unenforceable situation. Such is life among the
fiefdoms. -Allan

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